Position Type: Elementary School Teaching/Grade Level 1-6
Date Posted: 7/24/2026
Location: Afton-Lakeland Elementary
Job Title: Grade 4 Teacher - Long Term Substitute Job Summary: To develop materials and lesson plans; conduct instruction; regularly evaluate instructional materials for grade appropriateness; and continually assess student development and performance. To regularly meet with parents/guardians / responsible adults and/or students to ensure everyone's clear understanding of that student's or students' overall performance in terms of strengths/weaknesses, progress/potential, and any other observable characteristics, abilities, or challenges that are affecting the student's or students' performance.
FTE/Hours per Day: 1.0 FTELength of Assignment: 8/10/26-9/30/26Qualifications: - An Elementary Education teaching license issued by the State of Minnesota
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in an education discipline applicable to teaching assignment.
Preferred Qualifications:- Demonstrated pattern of working effectively and building positive relationships with colleagues and parents
- Demonstrated pattern of building positive relationships with students, coupled with consistent and powerful teaching strategies.
Salary/Wage Information: The annual salary range for this position is $55,880-$105,432 (to be prorated based on days worked within assignment). This position may be required to hire through Kelly Services for a flat hourly rate. This position is not benefit eligible.
Duties & Responsibilities:- Designs and implements a curriculum plan tailored and appropriate to the subject area(s) for which responsible.
- Reviews, selects, and modifies materials and resources to carry out the curriculum plan.
- Instructs students in a manner that consistently incorporates best teaching practices.
- Establishes and sustains positive, mutually respectful, and appropriate relationships with students in all settings.
- Participates and contributes actively to the site's educational and related programming to help ensure a broad-based experience for students.
- Develops and maintains collaborative and productive working relationships with support services staff, outside service vendors, and any other sources in a position to meet student needs and advance their growth, development, and achievements.
- Works effectively with colleges and universities to provide practice teachers and education program candidates with viable, valuable, and practical learning experiences.
- Assesses and Evaluates results being achieved through current teaching practices as the primary basis for ongoing instructional planning; determining student progress/grading/reporting; and reinforcing students' outstanding contributions and performance.
- Assesses and evaluates one's own professional development needs, including the necessary planning and strategies to satisfy those needs.
- Maintains various required records and data according to established policies and procedures, ensuring the accurate and timely availability of such information as needed.
- Performs other job-related duties as requested or assigned.
Skills & Abilities:- Formal preparation and appropriate licensure for the area(s) being taught.
- Knowledge of current practices in curriculum and instruction for the level(s) and subject area(s) being taught, and the ability to create plans in a consistently complete and timely manner.
- Decisions on design, content, and delivery alternatives are made in consideration of student abilities and needs and also complement and supplement applicable graduation standards.
- Knowledge of special education due process rules and procedures.
- Knowledge, skills, and abilities to consistently select objectives at the appropriate difficulty level and teach those objectives.
- Knowledge of child growth, development, learning patterns, and principles of learning effectively, monitoring student learning, and adjusting practices accordingly.
- Develop instructional strategies that maximize student involvement and participation.
- Provide an honest, respectful, caring, and safe learning environment.
- Knowledge, skills, and ability to communicate behavior, learning, and interaction expectations in a manner that sets an example and fosters mutual respect, accountability, cooperation, and responsible, appropriate role relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and others.
- Introduce and facilitate alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures under appropriate circumstances.
- Honors and preserves confidentiality within the context of ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, policies, protocols, and procedures.
- Recommendations developed on both specific and generalized basis designed to advance the educational and developmental missions of the site and District.
- Knowledge of appropriate resources inside and outside the District is current and effectively applied.
- Demonstrates an interest in staying current and effective through the pursuit and completion of required continuing education and other applicable opportunities.
- Knowledge of existing electronic and/or hard-copy records management helps ensure the appropriate interactive use of such information.
Attachment(s):
- Teacher Job Description, '26-27.pdf
